Most fitness products fall into one of the following categories:

• Expensive Junk
• Overpriced Heap Of Plastic
• Flimsy Piece Of Shit
• Bio-mechanical Disaster
• Protruding Health Hazard
• WTF Were They Thinking Machine
• And many more…

However, once in a blue moon there happens to come along a product that is not only a great buy, but works as claimed (or as close to it) and BLOWS everything out of the water. I believe in the sea of garbage, these fitness products deserve a little recognition, so they are awarded with:

This is a seal that will GUARANTEE that the product works, and has been personally tested and reviewed by me and thus, gets my HIGHEST recommendation. Believe me, this is NOT an easy feat to accomplish, so be sure to check them out.

“But FJ, How Do I Spot A Fake?!”

Good question dear pupil. You see, I’ve made this process all FOOL-PROOF. Whenever you see that seal on my site or any other site (because companies who get awarded with this will boast about it – no doubt) you should be able to CLICK the picture and verify its legitimacy. How? Simple… it will bring you BACK to this page and you should see the questioned product in the list down below.

Signs Of A FAKE!

1. The award image is NOT click-able – (Even if the product DID get my award, the prune of a webmaster should have it linked!)

2. The award image is click-able, brings you to this page, but you DO-NOT see the product mentioned in the list below. I rate everything on my site from 1-5 stars, but even 5 stars is NOT ENOUGH for it to earn this award. It has to go above and beyond my expectations! (Did I tell you that I’m picky as hell? Yeah… go figure)

—=[ Official List Of Products That Have Received My Award So Far ]=—

• GRIPMASTER (TM) By Prohands.net
• Portable Power Jumper By Lifeline USA
• Gripad by Gripad.com
• The Stick by Thestick.com
• Powerball By Dynaflex Pro
• Manta Ray By Advanced Fitness Inc.
• Yankz! Sure Lace System By Sporting Innovations Group
• Blender Bottle By Sundesa
• BodiRocker Balance Pushup Trainer
• GYMBOSS Interval Timer
  
• Bodylastics System
• NewGrips
• FatGripz
• Mass Suit

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Q — “What If You Get Bought Out…?”

Are you seriously asking me this foolish question? I would NEVER compromise my trust and sell my soul in this way. In fact, if a company probably tried “buy me out” to get my seal of approval… I’d probably rock them in the face. Then I’d b*tch slap their lawyers for letting them even consider such a STUPID idea in the first place. Who said violence can’t solve anything?

The point is… I wouldn’t waste my freaking time going out of my way, trying out, testing and PERSONALLY BUYING these products if I didn’t believe in them 100%. Got it? Good!

Q — “How Does Your Award Differ From Other Ones… Say From Bodybuilding.com?”

First let me say I have nothing against bodybuilding.com, they’re in the business of selling supplements and fitness products and they’re good at it. Now as far as their awards go, it’s judged on sales volume and visitor/customer votes. Does voting keep things fair? It’s questionable, but at least they clearly state that no one will ever buy them off. Good stuff. But here’s how “I” differ…

First, unlike their PAINFULLY sleep-inducing video that gets released, I get straight to the freakin’ point! Seriously, if I had that kind of budget, you know I’d rock your socks off when it came to doing an “awards” show. Watching it for the first minute… I wanted to poke my eye out. Here’s a little taste… (don’t say I didn’t warn you!)

Second, I scrutinize these products and review the HELL out of them before coming up with the conclusion of giving them an award. Bodybuilding’s award is based on votes… and although the award can’t be bought from Bodybuilding.com, people CAN be bought to go and place a fake vote. I’m not saying it happens, I’m just saying it COULD.

…So in the end, you decide what’s legit. You know where I stand.

Q — “I am a representative from “X” company who won your award, is it possible to include your award in print?”

Well first, congrats – It’s no easy feat! And yes, but only if you meet the following requirements. 1 – You must contact me and let me know in which publication it’s being printed and approximately when. 2 – You must print it in it’s original resolution and in color if possible… no image enhancements or cropping (resizing is allowed only under special circumstance… contact me!). 3 – Since click verification isn’t possible, www.fitjerk.com must be mentioned. Follow these 3 rules and were golden.

Q — “I am a representative from “X” company, how do we make our product eligible for your award?”

Simple… you make sure its AWESOME, then contact me and send me a unit for review. There is no hard checklist where I tick off random notes and come to a conclusion that it gets an award. However, there ARE certain things that I look for:

1. Price & Value For Money
2. Performance Relating To The Claims You’ve Made
3. Innovation (Is it the same old shit? Or did you take a chance, push the boundaries and raise the bar?)
4. User Variability (Is it just for high-caliber athletes or can anyone use it to get results?)
5. Product Usability (Is it easy to use/follow or do I have to follow a complex routine?)
6. Company PR & Service (Were you helpful? Did you make sure that FJ received the product in good time? Did you follow up after the review – whether good or bad? Did you offer other products that I could review?)

Q — “What if I buy a product that won your award and it sucks?”

Are you kidding me? Did you read what kind of ridiculous process it must go through in order to deserve one? I doubt this will ever happen. BUT… in the rare instance that it does, I’d first stop freaking out. Then I’d check to see if you got a flawed product. Maybe it got damaged during shipping. Contact the company stating your concern and they should replace it for you. If not, give ME a shout. If you follow those two steps and you are SURE it’s ineffective… then oh well, suck it up. That’s life princess… every thing’s not perfect. But again, I HIGHLY DOUBT this will ever happen.

Q — “I found a company showing off your award, but it’s a FAKE PICTURE! What do I do?!”

First, you need to make 100% sure its a fake (check the list above). You also need to realize that webservers aren’t perfect. This means my page “could” be down for a few minutes (no worries – it reboots quickly). If however you are totally 110% convinced that it’s a “fake”… email me ASAP! Don’t email the company directly, or even talk about it. Let me deal with those award-faking tools.

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Honestly… if the food, health and supplement corporations looked past the f**king dollar signs and used common sense, I wouldn’t be sitting here busting their ass. But who am I kidding? We live in capitalism and that’s not going to change. But that doesn’t mean I have to, and you don’t have to either.

So on with today’s topic. MSG. This substance (like aspartame) is one of the “slow poisons” that’s killing us and the reason we couldn’t pin-point and nail this crap is because it hides behind 10 or 15 names on the ingredient list. (I borrowed the term from John E. Erb’s book called: The Slow Poisoning Of America. You should check it out)

That’s right, the food companies KNOW its bad, and they KNOW that if someone reads the ingredient list on their product, and finds the technical term for MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) they will not buy.

So they have a bunch of different names for it, but they all pretty much mean MSG. Same shit, different pile… Know what I mean?

Before we get into the names, let’s see why this substance is used so extensively and why it’s so bad for us.

You see, the core reason for using MSG is pretty innocent… In fact its down right brilliant. MSG takes the flavours of any food and enhances them to the max, then uses it’s addictive qualities to make sure the customer keeps coming back for more. Sorta like my charming personality…

You can quite literally take any dish, sprinkle on some MSG and you instantly have something that smells and tastes better, along with the fact that it now has addictive qualities. When Lays’ says “Betcha can’t eat just one”… They aren’t kidding, they mean it! With the amount of MSG in their chips, they KNOW you can’t eat just one. Its is a corporation, it’s not stupid. Well… at least not business wise.

So if that’s the case, where do all these health hazards come in? Well as you can probably guess, the use of MSG sounds too good to be true, and it is. Look, if they genuinely had a substance that could do what MSG does with 0 side effects… I wouldn’t bother.

But the simple fact of the matter is, these companies just cannot be bothered to spend the time or money to create an outstanding product that is addictive in its OWN right, so they go and buy this junk and sprinkle it on. It’s kind of like having a Ford Pinto with a really sexy paint job, a body kit and some shiny rims. No matter how you look at it, the fact remains… It’s still a shitbox!

Here’s what you an expect if you consistently consume MSG:

• Risk of diabetes. Msg has shown to trigger a dramatic production of insulin in people who consume it. And what does insulin do? It causes the body’s cells to take up and absorb glucose from the blood. So if you keep eating MSG, your sugar absorption is surely going through the roof, whether you like it or not.

• Migraines & Headaches

• ADHD

• Autism

• Rare cases of Alzheimer’s

• Obesity

• Be addicted to the product like a mindless sheep

And that’s just the beginning. If you want to see more studies done on the crapness that is MSG, goto www.pubmed.com an type in MSG or monosodium glutamate and see for yourself.

One last fun fact: when doctors want obese mice for their experiments, do you know what they do? They pump them full of MSG at a young age, then feed them normally and let them grow up normally. But there is nothing “normal” about the rats, they’re huge!

So, you might be asking yourself. “Gee FJ… That sounds bad, how do I avoid this stuff?”

Well that’s good question fellow minion. The truth is that it’s VERY hard to avoid 100% of MSG. It’s been used in the food industry since the 1950′s… And therefore it has made itself quite the presence in our foods.

But, being diligent as I am, I have dug up the “fancy” names that companies use to cloak MSG with. Make no doubt about it, if you see these on the ingredient list… DO – NOT- BUY. Some of you will be giving up a few of your favourite foods, just warning you ahead of time. Get ready.

Sodium glutamate

Autolyzed yeast
Calcium caseinate
Gelatin
Glutamate
Glutamic acid
Hydrolyzed corn gluten
Hydrolyzed protein (any protein that is hydrolyzed)
Monopotassium glutamate
Monosodium glutamate
Natrium glutamate (natrium is Latin/German for sodium)
Sodium caseinate
Textured protein
Yeast food
Yeast extract
Yeast nutrient

So there you have it. The inside scoop on why ya can’t eat just one! But I betcha you’ll be much healthier in the years to come if you avoid this stuff. Now, for those that have been eating this substance without knowing, what should you do? Well that’s easy… a detox. But here’s the hard part, how do you maintain yourself after doing a detox?

You make sure that you eat clean. And I’m not talking about eating 4 bowls of salad a day, I’m talking about knowing how to properly portion your meals to make sure your system runs at peak efficiency and you don’t get any bloat what so ever. Go HERE to check out more.

That’s all for now. Here’s to being fit & sexy 4 life!

-FitJerk

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